My Love for Nasi Goreng

 

Toast Box is where we had most of our lunches. My mom considers it to be the best value for family day outs.  My favorite? Toast Box's Nasi Goreng.

 

Nasi Goreng is an Indonesian version of Fried Rice topped with egg, chicken, prawns. On the case of ToastBox, it is a complete meal with eggs, shreds of lettuce, chicken, bagoong and dilis on the side. The spicyness is tolerable to the way I love it.

 

If ever you drop by Toast Box, do not forget to try their Nasi Goreng (P 185) and add P30 for iced tea.

 

 

InstaFood: Nasi Goreng from Toast Box

Nasi Goreng (P 185) at Toast Box

Happy New Year again to those who have been coming through my food hub. For my InstaFood start in 2013, I would like to share with you a picture of my favorite treat from Toast Box: Nasi Goreng which is a Malaysian/Indonesian version of Fried Rice.

Hainanese Chicken Lunch at ToastBox

Hainanese Chicken @ Toast Box (P 249) - A quarter portion of Chicken

My mom usually looks after good quality restaurants and one of her discoveries is Toast Box. Toast Box has quite a number of branches but we frequent the one near us which is in TriNoma. I first tried the Nonya Laksa, which I feel was too much spicy for me (though I am always in the mood for spicy food).

My next lunch choice was the Hainanese Chicken in Toast Box: My mom normally orders the quarter portion of the chicken with rice and adds P 30.00 for Toast Box's Iced Tea. My parents quote this as a healthy lunch as HAINANESE CHICKEN is steamed.

I first thought of Hainanese Chicken was bland, but it is starting to become my favorite meal.

Hainanese Chicken Recipe

I'm no Jughead Jones (Archie Comics) but I know FOOD when I taste it. 

Yesterday was Sunday and it was pretty much automatic that we would eat outside. This time, we tried Toast Box's Hainanese Chicken. If you had followed me through my blog, you would know that I had tried their Nonya Laksa, this time, we tried their hainanese chicken, a quarter serving with rice (you can do so with noodles).

I've decided to repost a recipe of the Hainanese Chicken, if you would want to try it:

Hainanese Chicken Rice comes from the Chinese subtropical island of Hainan and many of the sons and daughters of Hainan immigrated to Singapore in the past 100 years. The most-popular dish of Hainan is the Chicken Rice in which a chicken is used in all ways — poached for the meat, the soup is used to make a deliciously flavored rice and to also infuse the chile sauce. This has become one of Singapore's top loved dishes, and you will find Hainanese Chicken Rice in every street corner coffee shop and food court as well as in the coffee houses of all hotels in Singapore.

Ingredients

Chile Sauce:

• 2 to 3 tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice
• 2 tablespoons chopped fresh red chiles
• 5 cloves garlic, chopped
• Salt
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Chicken and Rice:

• 1 (2-pound) chicken
• 1 scallion, cut into 1-inch pieces
• 4 slices fresh, peeled ginger
• 6 tablespoon vegetable oil or olive oil
• 6 to 8 cloves garlic, finely chopped
• 4 cups long-grain uncooked rice
• 1 teaspoon fine salt

Directions

Make the Chile Sauce: Combine all the ingredients in a bowl, mix well, and season with salt, to taste. Set aside
Make the Chicken and Rice: Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil (enough water to immerse the chicken). Stuff the cavity of the chicken with the scallion and ginger. Add the chicken to the boiling water, breast side-down. Lower the heat to a simmer just under boiling point and cook, covered, until just cooked through, about 40 minutes.
Transfer the chicken to an ice water bath for about 5 to 6 minutes. (This is to arrest the cooking and will make the chicken skin crisp.) Drain. De-bone the chicken and cut into bite-sized pieces. Reserve the chicken stock, and keep hot.
Heat the oil in a wok or saucepan over high heat. Add the garlic and stir-fry until fragrant. Add the rice and stir-fry for 1 to 2 minutes. Add enough of the hot reserved chicken soup to reach 1/2- inch above the top of the rice. Bring to the boil, add the salt, and lower the heat to low. When steam holes form in the rice, cover the wok, and steam until cooked, about 30 minutes.
Whisk 1/4 cup of the hot chicken stock into the chile sauce.
Arrange the rice and poached chicken on a platter and drizzle with the chile sauce. 

Source: http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/saras-secrets/hainanese-chicken-rice-recipe/index.html

 

Toast Box Laksa Adventure

I had always been a fan of spicy food, I don't know where I got the tolerance but I definitely can finish a bowl of hot soup or even Korean food. When my mom convinced me to try Toast Box's "Laksa", I didn't hesitate, though I know I would be up to a chilli lunch.

Laksa is a Spicy Noodle Soup - by that alone, SPICY should be taken in bold letters, do not eat if you cannot tolerate it. :) The soup I had was served with tofu, fish cakes, prawns and a slice of hard-boiled egg. The serving is big enough for lunch and we just added 30 pesos just to have an iced tea drink (note that their lemon ice tea is not the usual iced tea in the market but their own concoction)

If you are up to try it, go visit them at the LGF of TriNoma Mall (beside Parvati).